[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 6646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01133]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States, et al. v.
Greer Industries, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:17-cv-00004-IMK, was lodged
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of West
Virginia on January 9, 2017.
This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the
United States and the State of West Virginia against Greer Industries,
Inc., Deckers Creek Limestone Company, and Pikewood, Inc., pursuant to
33 U.S.C. Sections 1319(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act and W. Va.
Code Section 22-11-22, to obtain injunctive relief from and impose
civil penalties against the Defendants for violating the Clean Water
Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the
United States and waters of the State of West Virginia. The proposed
Consent Decree resolves these allegations by requiring the Defendants
to restore the impacted areas and/or perform mitigation and to pay a
civil penalty.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Austin Saylor,
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post Office
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and refer to United States, et al. v.
Greer Industries, Inc., et al., DJ # 90-5-1-1-19059.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court for the Northern District of West
Virginia, 1125 Chapline Street, Suite 1000, Wheeling, West Virginia
26003. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined
electronically at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-01133 Filed 1-18-17; 8:45 am]
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